Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola (18 October 1779 – 15 May 1852) was a German artist, noted for his portrait miniatures. Life and works Agricola was born at Bad Säckingen, Margraviate of Baden, in 1779. After a preliminary course of instruction in Karlsruhe, he went in 1798 to Vienna and enrolled the Academy, where he studied under Heinrich Füger. He soon became known for his mythological pictures in oil and watercolour – such as his Cupid and Psyche – and for his etchings and lithographs; but he was most noted for his miniature portraits. After a prosperous career he died in Vienna in 1862. He painted in the style of the end of the 18th century, and was an imitator of his teacher, Heinrich Füger. He made engraving after the works of Elzheimer, Raphael, Poussin, Parmigiano, Domenichino, Füger, and others. References Further reading Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon: die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. München: Saur, 1992- , Vol.1 (1997), pp. 569–570 External links 1779 births 1862 deaths People from Bad Säckingen People from the Margraviate of Baden 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni